My labor amounts are wrong based on hours worked.

If the labor amounts shown in your Project > Financial > Time Cards section appear lower than expected, it could be due to how wage rates are stored in Contractor Foreman.

Example Scenario

Let’s say an employee worked 38 hours at $35/hour, so you expect to see $1,330 under Project > Financial > Time Cards.
However, it only shows $210.

Why This Happens

When a time card is created, Contractor Foreman stores the wage rate that existed for the employee at the time the card was created.

• These stored rates are not visible in the time card itself — only the system can see them.

• If the time card was created before the wage rate was entered or updated in the Employee Directory, the system uses a default of $0/hour, which leads to incorrect totals.

This process is intentional.
If Contractor Foreman always pulled the current wage rate from the Employee Directory, your past records would become inaccurate whenever an employee received a raise.

By storing the rate at the moment of creation, old time cards remain historically accurate.
For example:

• If an employee earned $10/hour last month and now earns $20/hour, old time cards will still reflect the $10 rate — not the new one.

How to Verify

To confirm this is the cause:

• Run a Time Card Report.
• Check the wage rate stored with each time card.
• If older cards were created before wage rates were set or updated, those will show incorrect or lower totals.

Tip

Always make sure to set or update wage rates in the Employee Directory before your team starts logging time cards. This ensures all future labor calculations display accurately. For more details, read this article: How is Labor Calculated